Upbeat

Young opera singer Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono talks with Upbeat about how he's used his Tayla Made Foundation grant. Read more Audio

Tom McLeod has written the music for a new film documentary series, Fight for the Wild, which explores the idea of a predator-free New Zealand by 2050. Read more Audio

Composer and sound artist Jeremy Mayall is creative coordinator for the NZSO’s upcoming collaboration with Te Reo metal band Alien Weaponry. Read more Video, Audio

Respected and well-loved singing teacher Emily Mair has died aged 93. Her former student, international opera star Simon O'Neill, pays tribute to his teacher. Read more Audio

Violinist Lucas Baker will be busy this weekend. As well as leading the Wellington Youth Orchestra in their first concert of the year, he'll be taking centre stage as the soloist in Samuel Barber's… Read more Audio

Georgia Steel is going places - the young violist and conductor has been accepted into the Masters programme of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the UK. Read more Audio

After two decades of sharing his love of classical music with RNZ Concert listeners, we're sad to say goodbye to Classical Connection host Rick Young. Rick talked with David Morriss about some of the… Read more Audio

Conductor Holly Mathieson is back in the country and has a busy schedule of concerts over the next weeks, including her debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

Congratulations to Rose Stevenson, who has won the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition, and to second and third place getters pianist Abhinath Berry and cellist Boudewijn Keenan. Read more Audio

Jacqueline Coats talks to Tim Dodd about Beethoven's Fidelio and her stage direction of the APO's Opera in Concert performance. Read more Audio

Otago and Southland's top young classical musicians perform in the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition this Friday. Read more Audio

Violist Xi (Lucy) Liu has co-produced a documentary film on composer Boris Pigovat as part of her PhD studies. Lacrimosa Dies Illa premieres at Wellington's Penthouse Cinema this week. Read more Video, Audio